predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
since when; from when; how long
as you see; as you can see
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
stepwise; one step at a time
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to speak; to say; to vocalize
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
with these words; while saying
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted